Maggie (1981 TV series)

Maggie
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Erma Bombeck
Starring	Miriam Flynn James Hampton Doris Roberts Margie Impert Judith-Marie Bergan Billy Jayne Christian Jacobs
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tom Whedon Erma Bombeck
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Marble Arch Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	October 24, 1981 – May 21, 1982

Maggie is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 24, 1981 to May 21, 1982.

Premise

Miriam Flynn stars as Maggie Weston, a Dayton, Ohio housewife. Based on the humorous books of Erma Bombeck, this sitcom portrayed the life of a harried housewife, Maggie Weston as she coped with her husband and her three children in the suburbs outside of Dayton, Ohio. L.J. was the 16-year-old son of the Westons who was referred to but never seen or heard on the program because he was always in the bathroom. Doris Roberts Co-starred as Loretta, Maggie's Friend and Hairdresser.

Cast

• Miriam Flynn as Maggie Weston
• James Hampton as Len Weston
• Doris Roberts as Loretta Davenport
• Judith-Marie Bergan as Buffy Croft
• Margie Impert as Chris
• Billy Jayne as Mark Weston
• Christian Jacobs as Bruce Weston

Programming history

Dates	Broadcast time (ET)
October 1981-May 1982	Saturdays 8:00pm–8:30pm